1. Victory Without Peace: The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945-1960

2. Origins of the Conflict
The Soviets—communism & sphere of
influence
The U.S.---universalism (the Atlantic
Charter) & domestic politics
Events immediately after World War II

3. The Cold War Map

4. Truman’s Leadership The Truman Doctrine The Marshall Plan
The National Security Act of 1947
The Berlin Airlift
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
NSC Paper 68

5. Occupied Germany, 1945

6. A Series of Shocks 1949—Soviet atomic bomb The “White Paper on China”
The Korean War, a police action
The 38th parallel & China
Stalemate
Truman fires MacArthur

8. Americans’ Reaction at Home
The Red Scare---
HUAC Investigations
Federal Loyalty Security Program
Alger Hiss
Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
Senator Joe McCarthy

9. Eisenhower’s Leadership
1953 Korean Truce
Foreign Policy---the New Look
Massive retaliation & brinkmanship
Covert action
Collective security
The domino theory

10. 1956---The Hungarian revolution
The Suez Canal Crisis
Sputnik
Cuban revolution
The U-2 incident
Eisenhower’s
warning--- “the
military-industrial
complex”

11. Summary 1. 2. 3. 4.